This summit will cover the latest trading and technology challenges affecting the buy-side in an ever-changing financial and regulatory landscape, as well as innovative strategies for optimizing trade execution, managing risk and increasing operational efficiency, while keeping costs to a minimum.

WatersTechnology and Sell-Side Technology are pleased to present the 7th annual North American Trading Architecture Summit.
Bringing together technologists, architects, software developers and data center managers from the financial community to discuss the latest issues in trading technology.

Hosted by WatersTechnology, the Waters Rankings voting will be open to every investment firm, hedge fund, and exchange across the globe and will give recognition to technology and service providers for their offerings.

The aim of the awards is to recognize the leading technologies and vendors in their area of expertise, through an auditable and transparent methodology underpinned by the input and experience of six judges - four buy-side-focused technology consultants and Buy-Side Technology's editors.

This white paper considers grid's place in a cloud-enabled world, addresses options for optimizing onsite system performance, and discusses alternative on-premises solutions such as hardware acceleration and supercomputers.

Stress testing and scenario modeling is essential for any financial institution (FI) that wants to survive market shocks and increased regulatory scrutiny. This report tracks developments in the marketplace, suggests best practice and provides an overview of the available risk technology support systems.

SuperDerivatives ' Zohar Hod on winning Best New Data Product

Zohar Hod of SuperDerivatives speaks with Max Bowie at the Inside Market Data Awards 2012 in New York. SuperDerivatives won the award for Best New Data Product.

To cope with a new economic reality, data providers have to innovate more than before to deliver new products that create value but can be delivered on a budget.

The nominees for best new data product were Benchmark Solutions for its BMark real-time pricing feed; Bloomberg for its Industries research tool; Bloomberg for its Next update, consolidated displays; NYSE Technologies for its on-demand cloud community for co-lo access; S&P Capital IQ for its Intelligent Estimates earnings forecasts; and SuperDerivatives for its DataX Feed.